Make UI always use https:// but API traffic that wants to can still get http://

config/awx-plain.conf

@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
+WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
+
 <VirtualHost _default_:80>
+
+  RewriteEngine On
+  # don't redirect HTTPs
+  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
+  # don't redirect /api traffic that requested explicit http://
+  RewriteRule ^/api - [L]
+  RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
+
   ServerName localhost
   ServerAlias localhost
   ServerAlias 127.0.0.1
   DocumentRoot /var/lib/awx/public
 
-  RewriteEngine On
-  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
-  RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
+  WSGIScriptAlias / /var/lib/awx/wsgi.py
+  WSGIPassAuthorization On
+
+  WSGIDaemonProcess awx_plain user=awx group=awx processes=2 threads=20 maximum-requests=1000 display-name="%{GROUP}"
+  WSGIProcessGroup awx_plain
 
   Alias /favicon.ico /var/lib/awx/public/static/favicon.ico
   Alias /static/ /var/lib/awx/public/static/
@@ -23,4 +35,5 @@
     Allow from all
   </Directory>
 
+
 </VirtualHost>

config/awx.conf

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
   WSGIScriptAlias / /var/lib/awx/wsgi.py
   WSGIPassAuthorization On
 
-  # FIXME: May want to tune these parameters after performance testing.
   WSGIDaemonProcess awx user=awx group=awx processes=2 threads=20 maximum-requests=1000 display-name="%{GROUP}"
   WSGIProcessGroup awx